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1 25 POINT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN TO R EFOR M FEDER AL INFOR M ATION TECHNOLOGY M ANAGEMENT Vivek Kundra U.S. Chief Information Officer D E C E M B E R 9,

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3 Table of Contents Introduction PART I: ACHIEVING OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY A. Apply Light Technology and Shared Solutions Complete detailed implementation plans to consolidate at least 800 data centers by Create a government-wide marketplace for data center availability Shift to a Cloud First policy Stand-up contract vehicles for secure IaaS solutions Stand-up contract vehicles for commodity services Develop a strategy for shared services PART II: EFFECTIVELY MANAGING LARGE-SCALE IT PROGRAMS B. Strengthen Program Management Design a formal IT program management career path Scale IT program management career path government-wide Require integrated program teams Launch a best practices collaboration platform Launch technology fellows program Enable IT program manager mobility across government and industry C1. Align the Acquisition Process with the Technology Cycle Design and develop a cadre of specialized IT acquisition professionals Identify IT acquisition best practices and adopt government-wide Issue contracting guidance and templates to support modular development Reduce barriers to entry for small innovative technology companies i

4 25 Point Implementation Plan to Reform Federal Information Technology Management C2. Align the Budget Process with the Technology Cycle Work with Congress to develop IT budget models that align with modular development Develop supporting materials and guidance for flexible IT budget models Work with Congress to scale flexible IT budget models more broadly Work with Congress to consolidate commodity IT spending under Agency CIO D. Streamline Governance and Improve Accountability Reform and strengthen Investment Review Boards Redefine role of Agency CIOs and Federal CIO Council Rollout TechStat model at bureau-level E. Increase Engagement with Industry Launch myth-busters education campaign Launch interactive platform for pre-rfp agency-industry collaboration Summary ii

5 Introduction Information technology should enable government to better serve the American people. But despite spending more than $600 billion on information technology over the past decade, the Federal Government has achieved little of the productivity improvements that private industry has realized from IT. Too often, Federal IT projects run over budget, behind schedule, or fail to deliver promised functionality. Many projects use grand design approaches that aim to deliver functionality every few years, rather than breaking projects into more manageable chunks and demanding new functionality every few quarters. In addition, the Federal Government too often relies on large, custom, proprietary systems when light technologies or shared services exist. Government officials have been trying to adopt best practices for years from the Raines Rules of the 1990s through the Clinger Cohen Act and the acquisition regulations that followed. But obstacles have always gotten in the way. This plan attempts to clear these obstacles, allowing agencies to leverage information technology to create a more efficient and effective government. Over the last 18 months, we have engaged the Federal IT, acquisition, and program management communities; industry experts; and academics. We have conducted listening sessions with Congress, Agency CIOs, and Senior Procurement Executives. We have received detailed input and recommendations from many industry groups such as TechAmerica. This engagement process has led to recommendations for IT reform in the areas of operational efficiency and large-scale IT program management. A 25 point action plan is detailed below to deliver more value to the American taxpayer. These actions have been planned over the next 18 months and place ownership with OMB and agency operational centers, as appropriate. While the 25 points may not solve all Federal IT challenges, they will address many of the most pressing, persistent challenges. This plan requires a focus on execution and is designed to establish some early wins to garner momentum for our continued efforts. Active involvement from agency leadership is critical to the success of these reforms. As such, the Federal CIO will work with the President s Management Council to successfully implement this plan. Some highlights of the implementation plan include: Turnaround or terminate at least one-third of underperforming projects in IT portfolio within the next 18 months Shift to Cloud First policy. Each agency will identify three must move services within three months, and move one of those services to the cloud within 12 month and the remaining two within 18 months. Reduce number of Federal data centers by at least 800 by 2015 Only approve funding of major IT programs that: Have a dedicated program manager and a fully staffed integrated program team Use a modular approach with usable functionality delivered every six months Use specialized IT acquisition professionals 1

6 25 Point Implementation Plan to Reform Federal Information Technology Management Work with Congress to: Consolidate commodity IT funding under the Agency CIOs and Develop flexible budget models that align with modular development Launch an interactive platform for pre-rfp agency-industry collaboration This plan is divided into two sections: Achieving Operational Efficiency and Managing Large-Scale IT Programs Effectively. The first section outlines the steps being taken to adopt cloud solutions and leverage shared services. The second section covers the structural areas that impact the success rates of large IT programs across government. The 25 action items listed throughout the plan are summarized in the chart at the end of the document. 2

7 PART I: ACHIEVING OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY As part of a broader IT transformation, the Federal Government needs to fundamentally shift its mindset from building custom systems to adopting light technologies and shared solutions. Too often, agencies build large standalone systems from scratch, segregated from other systems. These systems often duplicate others already within the Federal Government, wasting taxpayer dollars. The growth in data centers from 432 in 1998 to 2,094 in 2010 highlights this problem. Leading private sector companies have taken great strides to improve their operating efficiencies. Cloud technologies and Infrastructure-as-a-Service enable IT services to efficiently share demand across infrastructure assets, reducing the overall reserve capacity across the enterprise. Additionally, leveraging shared services of commodity applications such as across functional organizations allows organizations to redirect management attention and resources towards value-added activities. The massive scale of the Federal Government allows for great potential to leverage these efficiencies. The following section outlines actionable, achievable steps to improve the government s operational efficiency. 3

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9 A. Apply Light Technology and Shared Solutions The shift to light technologies, that is, cloud services, which can be deployed rapidly, and shared solutions will result in substantial cost savings, allowing agencies to optimize spending, and allowing agencies to reinvest in their most critical mission needs. For example, GSA recently entered into a contract to shift services to the cloud, resulting in a 50% cost reduction over five years a savings of about $15 million. Agencies must focus on consolidating existing data centers, reducing the need for infrastructure growth by implementing a Cloud First policy for services, and increasing their use of available cloud and shared services. 1. Complete detailed implementation plans to consolidate at least 800 data centers by 2015 In February 2010, the Administration launched the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative (FDCCI) and issued guidance for Federal CIO Council agencies. The guidance called for agencies to inventory their data center assets, develop consolidation plans throughout fiscal year 2010, and integrate those plans into agency fiscal year 2012 budget submissions. The FDCCI is aimed at assisting agencies in identifying their existing data center assets and formulating detailed consolidation plans that include a technical roadmap and clear consolidation targets. The FDCCI will cut down the number of data centers across the government and assist agencies in applying best practices from the public and private sector, with goals to: Promote the use of Green IT by reducing the overall energy and real estate footprint of government data centers Reduce the cost of data center hardware, software, and operations Increase the overall IT security posture of the government, and Shift IT investments to more efficient computing platforms and technologies. After an 8 month peer review process, we now know that the government is operating and maintaining almost 2,100 data centers. Through the FDCCI, a minimum of 800 data centers will be closed by To meet this reduction target, OMB and Agency CIOs will take the following steps: 1.1 Identify agency data center program managers to lead consolidation efforts Large IT projects often fail to meet goals because of distributed accountability for success. Large, complex, and critical infrastructure programs, such as data center consolidation, require a single person to lead the coordinated effort. Within the next six months, each agency will designate a senior, dedicated data center consolidation program manager with project management experience and technical competence in IT infrastructure. Because data center consolidation requires interactions with many stakeholder groups, the data center 5

10 25 Point Implementation Plan to Reform Federal Information Technology Management program manager must also have strong communication skills. The data center program manager at each agency will be responsible for developing a plan with interim, verifiable milestones to reach the agency s data center reduction target and monitor progress toward those goals. 1.2 Launch a Data Center Consolidation Task Force to ensure successful execution Within the next three months, the Federal CIO Council will launch a government-wide Data Center Consolidation Task Force comprised of the data center program managers, facilities managers, and sustainability officers. The Data Center Consolidation Task Force will be responsible for working together to share progress toward individual agency goals and the overall Federal target of a minimum of 800 data center closures by The Data Center Consolidation Task Force will meet monthly to review progress of each consolidation project and ensure government-wide alignment between agency efforts where appropriate. The Task Force will serve as a community of practice for Agency CIOs and data center program managers to share best practices from this effort and enhance consolidation effectiveness. 1.3 Launch a publicly available dashboard to track data center consolidation progress OMB will launch a publicly available dashboard to serve as a window into progress of the data center consolidation program. The dashboard will ensure transparency and accountability, and keep the overall program in plain view of the public. 2. Create a government-wide marketplace for data center availability Within the next 18 months, OMB and GSA will create a government-wide marketplace that better utilizes spare capacity within operational data centers. This online marketplace will match agencies with extra capacity to agencies with increasing demand, thereby improving the utilization of existing facilities. The marketplace will help agencies with available capacity promote their available data center space. Once agencies have a clear sense of the existing capacity landscape, they can make more informed consolidation decisions. 3. Shift to a Cloud First policy In the private sector, a web-based multimedia production company used the cloud to allow anyone with access to an Internet connection the ability to create their own fully customized, professional-quality, TV-like videos. Consumers can then share the resulting videos with friends and family across the world. The cloud allowed for a rapid response when demand jumped from 25,000 users to more than 250,000 users in three days, eventually reaching a peak rate of 20,000 new customers every hour. Because of the cloud, the company was able to scale from 50 to 4,000 virtual machines in three days to support increased demand on a real-time basis. In contrast, the Federal Government s Car Allowance and Rebate System (CARS, more commonly known as Cash-For-Clunkers ) failed when faced with peak loads. To process the anticipated 250,000 transactions, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) deployed a customized commercial application hosted in a traditional data center environment on June 19, When dealer registrations 6

11 A. A p p ly Li g h t T e c h n o l o g y a n d S h a r ed S o lu t i o n s began on July 24, 2009, demand far exceeded initial projections, and within three days, the system was overwhelmed, leading to numerous unplanned outages and service disruptions. Ultimately, approximately 690,000 CARS transactions were processed. However, lacking the ability to scale rapidly, system stability was not achieved until August 28, 2009, over a month after registrations started coming in. The Federal Government must be better prepared in the future. Beginning immediately, the Federal Government will shift to a Cloud First policy. The three-part strategy on cloud technology will revolve around using commercial cloud technologies where feasible, launching private government clouds, and utilizing regional clouds with state and local governments where appropriate. Cloud computing brings a wide range of benefits: Economical: Cloud computing is a pay-as-you-go approach to IT, in which a low initial investment is required to begin, and additional investment is needed only as system use increases. Flexible: IT departments that anticipate fluctuations in user demand no longer need to scramble for additional hardware and software. With cloud computing, they can add or subtract capacity quickly and easily. Fast: Cloud computing eliminates long procurement and certification processes, while providing a near-limitless selection of services. When evaluating options for new IT deployments, OMB will require that agencies default to cloud-based solutions whenever a secure, reliable, cost-effective cloud option exists. To facilitate this shift, we will be standing up secure government-wide cloud computing platforms. 3.1 Publish cloud strategy Within the next six months, the Federal CIO will publish a strategy to accelerate the safe and secure adoption of cloud computing across the government. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will facilitate and lead the development of standards for security, interoperability, and portability. NIST is working with other agencies, industry, academia, standards development organizations, and others to use existing standards as appropriate and develop cloud computing standards where gaps exist. While cloud computing services are currently being used, experts cite security, interoperability, and portability as major barriers to further adoption. The expectation is that standards will shorten the adoption cycle, enabling cost savings and an increased ability to quickly create and deploy enterprise applications. 3.2 Jump-start the migration to cloud technologies Each Agency CIO will be required to identify three must move services and create a project plan for migrating each of them to cloud solutions and retiring the associated legacy systems. Of the three, at least one of the services must fully migrate to a cloud solution within 12 months and the remaining two within 18 months. 7

12 25 Point Implementation Plan to Reform Federal Information Technology Management Each migration plan will include major milestones, execution risks, adoption targets, and required resources, as well as a retirement plan for legacy services once cloud services are online. These new cloud implementations should be compatible with the secure, certified platforms currently provided in the private sector. Migrating these services will build capabilities and momentum in the Federal Government, encourage industry to more rapidly develop appropriate cloud solutions for government, and reduce operating costs. 4. Stand-up contract vehicles for secure IaaS solutions Federal, state, and local governments will soon have access to cloud-based Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) offerings. GSA s IaaS contract award allows 12 vendors to provide government entities with cloud storage, virtual machines, and web hosting services to support a continued expansion of governments IT capabilities into cloud computing environments. Within the next six months, after completing security certification, GSA will make a common set of contract vehicles for cloud-based Infrastructure-as-a-Service solutions available government-wide. A government-wide risk and authorization program for cloud computing will allow agencies to rely on the authorization completed by another agency or to use an existing authorization, so that only additional, agency-specific requirements need to be separately certified. Our aim is to drive to a set of common services across the government supported by a community, rather than an agency-specific risk model. This will allow the Federal Government to approve once and use often. 5. Stand-up contract vehicles for commodity services The Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Working Group, formed in June 2010, has begun to identify and develop the set of baseline functional and technical requirements for government-wide cloud solutions and is working towards developing business case templates for agencies who are considering transitioning to SaaS . Within 12 months, GSA will utilize these requirements to stand up government-wide contract vehicles for cloud-based solutions. GSA will also begin a similar process specifically designed for other back-end, cloud-based solutions. 6. Develop a strategy for shared services Within the next 12 months, the Federal CIO will develop a strategy for shared services. That strategy will build on earlier Federal Government successes in shared services and include benchmarks on current usage and uptake rates, as well as service level agreements (SLAs), customer satisfaction levels, costs, and overall economic effectiveness. Managing partners of shared services will assess the current state of shared services and each release a roadmap to improve quality and uptake. Ultimately, the managing partners will be responsible for executing these roadmaps and will be held accountable for improvements on SLAs and reductions in cost. These efforts will enable the current shared services to be accessible government-wide at higher quality levels. 8

13 A. A p p ly Li g h t T e c h n o l o g y a n d S h a r ed S o lu t i o n s Action item owner and deadlines 1 2 Action Item Complete detailed implementation plans to consolidate 800 data centers by 2015 Create a government-wide marketplace for data center availability 3 Shift to a Cloud First policy Owner(s) Within 6 mos mos mos. OMB, Agencies OMB, GSA OMB, Agencies 4 Stand-up contract vehicles for secure IaaS solutions GSA 5 Stand-up contract vehicles for commodity services GSA 6 Develop a strategy for shared services Federal CIO 9

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15 PART II: EFFECTIVELY MANAGING LARGE-SCALE IT PROGRAMS IT has transformed how the private sector operates and has revolutionized the way in which it serves its customers. The Federal Government has largely missed out on these transformations, due in part to its poor management of large technology investments. To address these execution problems, we launched the IT Dashboard in June 2009, allowing the American people to monitor IT investments across the Federal Government and shining a light onto government operations. While this unprecedented transparency was an important first step, it was not enough to simply shine a light on problems and hope that solutions would follow. Building on the foundation of the IT Dashboard, we launched TechStat Accountability Sessions ( TechStats ) in January A TechStat is a face-to-face, evidence-based review of an IT program with OMB and agency leadership. TechStat sessions enable the government to turnaround, halt, or terminate IT investments that do not produce dividends for the American people. As a result of more than 50 TechStat reviews, OMB now has a sharper picture of the persistent problems facing Federal IT. One of the most consistent problems lies in project scope and timeline. In TechStat sessions, OMB found that many current IT projects are scheduled to produce the first deliverables years after work begins, in some cases up to six years later. In six years, technology will change, project sponsors will change, and, most importantly, program needs will change. Programs designed to deliver initial functionality after several years of planning are inevitably doomed. Modular development delivers functionality in shorter timeframes and has long been considered best practice in the private sector and in some areas of government; in fact, both Raines Rules and the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) advise agencies to plan programs in this way. Successful organizations using modular development base releases on requirements they define at a high level and then refine through an iterative process, with extensive engagement and feedback from stakeholders. To maintain the discipline of on-time and on-budget, organizations push out additional functionality and new requirements for major changes into future releases and prioritize critical needs and end-user functionality. Evidence shows that modular development leads to increased success and reduced risk. However, because this is a new way of thinking about IT programs for some groups within government, it requires additional training, templates, and tools. Many existing government processes from planning to budgeting to procurement naturally favor larger, more comprehensive projects. As such, far too many Federal IT programs have multi-year timeframes well beyond the now accepted 18- to 24-month best practice. The activities outlined in this plan attempt to address the structural barriers to implementing modular development consistently across government. Moving forward, Federal IT programs must be structured to deploy working business functionality in release cycles no longer than 12 months, and, ideally, less than six months, with initial deployment to end users no later than 18 months after the program begins. 11

16 25 Point Implementation Plan to Reform Federal Information Technology Management Program managers need to define each phase of the IT development lifecycle and rigorously manage scope. These timelines should encompass the entire process from concept through requirement analysis, development, test, and delivery. Today, a number of agencies have implemented these modular practices successfully. The Department of Veterans Affairs now requires that large IT programs deliver working functionality every six months. The following practices will help achieve the promises of modular development: Ensuring each module aligns with overall program and business objectives and has clear quantitative and qualitative outcome measures for success Awarding contracts that incorporate clear business objectives and performance outcomes, a vision for future state architecture, and parameters for iterative design and development Delivering new working functionality to users at least every 12 months, with no more than 3 months dedicated to creating detailed system specifications Regularly capturing and incorporating user feedback through an iterative process that assesses user satisfaction with each release, continuously refining design to ensure alignment with business needs Preventing scope creep by defining high-level requirements upfront, locking down the current release, and pushing additional non-critical functionality to future releases Moving resources from one release phase to the next as soon as they complete their work (e.g., the requirements team builds requirements for the next release, while developers build current release) 12

17 B. Strengthen Program Management Effectively managing modular IT programs requires a corps of program and project management professionals with extensive experience and robust training. Strong program management professionals are essential to effectively steward IT programs from beginning to end, align disparate stakeholders, manage the tension between on-time delivery and additional functionality, and escalate issues for rapid resolution before they become roadblocks. The size and criticality of large Federal Government IT programs are considerable. The people managing these programs must represent the best of the best. Challenges with program management are pervasive across the Federal Government due to a general shortage of qualified personnel. However, pockets of excellence exist in the government. For example, the Social Security Administration (SSA) has a developed a multi-tier career track for program managers that requires both training and experience for advancement. Program managers advance by gaining experience on small projects before moving to larger, more complex programs. SSA feels so strongly about the critical role of program managers that it will not begin a new program unless the right manager is in place and dedicated to lead it. High-performing IT organizations have a well-developed program management talent strategy. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM), working with the Chief Human Capital Officers Council, will need to take steps to significantly enhance the supply of IT program management talent in the Federal Government. Steps include creating a career path to attract and reward top performers, establishing integrated, multi-disciplinary program teams with key skills before beginning major IT programs, requiring program managers to share best practices at the close of each program, launching a technology fellows program, and encouraging mobility of program managers across the government. 7. Design a formal IT program management career path In the next six months, OPM, with input from agencies and OMB, will create a specialized career path for IT program managers (PMs). This will likely require creating a separate Occupational Series specific to IT program management within the current IT family with career advancement paths that are more competitive with the private sector. The path should require expertise and experience for advancement. It will also require the development of a competency model for IT program management consistent with the IT project manager model. Finding, recruiting, and hiring top IT program management talent is challenging. In the next six months, OPM will work with OMB to provide agencies with direct hiring authority for IT PMs as necessary. Further, agencies will identify specific IT program management competency gaps in the next Human Capital Management Report and develop specific plans to close the IT PM gap. To ensure that agencies are executing these plans, senior agency executives will review their progress and provide an interim report to OMB, 12 months after the next Human Capital Management Report is published. OPM will work with the Department of the Treasury and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to pilot the IT program management career track. 13

18 25 Point Implementation Plan to Reform Federal Information Technology Management 8. Scale IT program management career path government-wide After piloting IT program management career paths at Treasury and USDA, OPM will work to expand the IT program management career paths more broadly across the Federal Government. 9. Require integrated program teams A primary challenge impacting the successful delivery of IT programs is the need to manage a broad set of stakeholder communities, including agency leaders, business process owners, IT, acquisition, financial management, and legal. The typically siloed nature of government stakeholder communities is ill-suited for the multi-disciplinary and rapidly evolving needs of major IT program management processes. High-performing private sector firms quickly bring together small multi-disciplinary, integrated program teams (IPTs) consisting of the following functions: business process owners who have a clear vision of the problem they are solving, IT professionals who understand the full range of technical solutions, acquisition professionals who plan and procure needed labor and materials, and finance staff to secure required funding. In addition, other functions such as HR and legal are included on the program team as needed. At the hub of these IPTs is a strong and effective program manager who stewards the process from beginning to end. Examples of high-functioning IPTs exist in pockets of the Federal Government in which a complete IPT is required for major programs prior to beginning the investment review process. However, the practice is still only unevenly applied. The healthcare.gov initiative at the Department of Health and Human Services provides a good example of what a fully integrated multi-disciplinary team can do in the Federal Government. The healthcare.gov team successfully launched a citizen-facing website within 90 days of program initiation to rave reviews. Over the next six months, OMB will issue guidance requiring an IPT, led by a dedicated, full-time program manager and supported by an IT acquisition specialist, be in place for all major IT programs before OMB will approve program budgets. 9.1 Dedicate resources throughout the program lifecycle and co-locate when possible For each large IT program, critical members of the IPT will serve as full-time resources dedicated to the program. This must include a 100% dedicated IT program manager, but other roles will vary by program. Key members of the IPT will also be co-located during the most critical junctures of the program. This is especially important during the requirements-writing phase, when business, IT and acquisition must define and modify requirements in short iterative cycles, and when translation issues have historically caused problems. The core of the IPT, including all IT program leadership roles, will be in place throughout the program lifecycle, from the initial concept development phase through the delivery of the last increment under the contract. For major IT investments, agency leadership will approve the composition of the integrated program team and the dedicated program manager. 14

19 B. St rengt hen P ro gram Management 9.2 Agencies will hold integrated program team members accountable for both individual functional goals and overall program success A pervasive issue in government programs is that individual stakeholders focus primarily on performance metrics within their functions, and not on the holistic outcomes of the program. For example, IT or program staff may push to award work to a particular vendor, or to add bells and whistles that fail to take into account time pressures and budgetary constraints. Similarly, contracting staff may focus so much on competition requirements and small-business participation goals that they fail to look for solutions that meet these important requirements while also satisfying program needs. We need to replace these stovepiped efforts, which too often push in inconsistent directions, with an approach that brings together the stakeholders and integrates their efforts. Agency executives will work with their senior procurement executives (SPEs), CIOs, and program leaders to take action and drive towards a more balanced set of individual and program success metrics based on the following two recommendations: First, agencies should set up individual performance goals that cover individual and program objectives. Performance goals for acquisition, IT, and business personnel need to include a combination of individual and program objectives. Second, agencies must also ensure that the individual and program metrics balance speed, quality, effectiveness, and compliance with Federal Acquisition Regulations. Supervisors must utilize a balanced set of performance metrics to evaluate individual performance. Individuals who provide exemplary contributions to the team will be recognized for their success (e.g., acquisition recognition through the Federal Acquisition Institute Awards & Recognition Program for individuals who effectively meet program needs without sacrificing compliance). 10. Launch a best practices collaboration platform Within six months, the Federal CIO Council will develop a collaboration portal to exchange best practices, case studies, and allow for real-time problem solving. To institutionalize this best practice sharing, agency PMs will submit post-implementation reviews of their major program deliveries to the portal. These reviews will populate a searchable database of synthesized and codified program management best practices that all PMs can access. 11. Launch technology fellows program Within 12 months, the office of the Federal CIO will create a technology fellows program and the accompanying recruiting infrastructure. By partnering directly with universities with well-recognized technology programs, the Federal Government will tap into the emerging talent pool and begin to build a sustainable pipeline of talent. The technology fellows programs should specifically target competency gaps that are identified in the Human Capital Management Reports submitted by agencies. The program will aim to cut bureaucratic barriers to entering public service and provide access to unique career opportunities in government agencies. At the same time, these roles will provide new fellows with relevant training in large IT program management. 15

20 25 Point Implementation Plan to Reform Federal Information Technology Management 12. Enable IT program manager mobility across government and industry The Federal CIO Council, OMB, and OPM, over the next months, will be responsible for developing a process that will support and encourage movement of program managers across government and industry. Rotational opportunities allow the Federal Government to leverage its size to share knowledge and expertise across agencies. IT program managers with experience on specific types of programs or with specific types of systems should have opportunities to apply this experience on similar programs across government. Similarly, program managers should be given opportunities to learn from leading private companies. The Federal CIO Council, OMB, and OPM will work to design opportunities for industry rotation to allow Federal program managers to remain up-to-date with the latest skills while managing conflict of interest issues. To support PM mobility, the Federal CIO Council will build a repository of information on all Federal Government IT PMs, including relevant background, specific expertise, implementation experience, and performance as part of its best practices collaboration platform. Action item owner and deadlines 7 Action Item Design a formal IT program management career path Owner(s) Within 6 mos. OPM, OMB 6-12 mos. 8 Scale IT program management career path OPM, Agencies 9 Require Integrated Program Teams OMB Federal CIO 10 Launch a best practices collaboration platform Council 11 Launch technology fellows program Federal CIO mos. 12 Enable IT program manager mobility across government and industry OMB, CIO Council, OPM 16

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